Word: sustained
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...forestall popular protest, politically astute Miguel Alemán would have to deal with wealthy independents, mostly Texans, rather than the familiar major oil empires. A reorganized Pemex would undoubtedly supervise the new setup in order to sustain the necessary fagade of national control. But the independents have reservations: they want guarantees of long tenure, assurances against labor strife. It will probably take a lot of gelatine to make the scheme jell...
...continue his search for the gems. Since the entire scheme, and a broad hint as to the outcome, are brought out in the first act, it takes worthy performances by the murderer and his unsuspecting wife, who is being methodically driven out of her mind by her spouse, to sustain the terror and suspense in Hamilton's lines...
...explains how various types and intensities of motivation may succeed or fail to sustain the flyer in his environment. This last point is the entire point of the article. The excerpts which you quoted might convey the impression to some, that all flyers are motivated by what might be termed psychologically unhealthy drives. That is not my opinion. There are some concerning whom this is true in all activities. Aviation has no more than its share...
...meantime, MacArthur had moved firmly toward destroying Japan's war potential; finding ways to sustain an impoverished island economy which had lost its ships, markets and empire; laying plans for punishing war criminals and collecting reparations; limiting industry and science to the bounds of Japan's restricted peacetime needs; removing militaristic and nationalist influences and restoring civil liberties. It was a tall order. No man or nation had ever before attempted, let alone succeeded in, shifting a whole country from totalitarian feudalism to representative democracy, primarily through use of the country's own nationals...
...eternal petulance and peevishness makes even Moore become tiring. In the romantic lead, despite his age and figure, is that gay Casanova, William Gaxton; the obvious farce of love scenes between Gaxton and Marilyn Maxwell is sheer hypocrisy. To complete the scene Miss Maxwell hasn't the voice to sustain her in a long role and although she is one of the loveliest women alive today her costumes and heavy makeup never betray the secret...